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VUNITED STATES` PATENT Orr-Ica.

OTTUSTECHHAN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,446, dated August 17, 1886.

Application filed May 1, 1886. Serial No. 200,797. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OT'ro SrncHHAN, of the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Lounges, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to pro duce a leg for folding or bed lounges, which can be folded in out of the way when thelounge is closed up, and can be drawn out for use upon opening the lounge, without interfering with the ordinary lounge construction.

Iferetofore,` when legs of this character have been attached to the folding portion of the lounge, it has been necessary, in order to permit them to be folded in without affecting the lounge construction, that the back should be made sufficiently shorter than the main portion to permit the legs to pass its ends. These short backs are a disadvantage; and my invention consists in forming a double-hinged leg, which may be folded into a groove or recess entirely out of the way, and thus permit the back to be made of the full length.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a perspective view of an open bed-lounge provided with legs constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the upper portion of one of said legs separately; Fig. 3, a rear side elevation of the same, the leg proper being drawn down somewhat and the interlocking lugs or projections and notches disengaged; Fig. 4, a perspective view of a portion of the rear side of the lounge, with theback removed, showing the leg in the recess; Fig. 5, a longitudinal sectional viewon the dotted line5 5; Fig. 6, a transverse sectional view on the dotted line 6 G in Fig. 4, and Fig. 7, a detail View similar to aportion of Fig. 2, except that but one lug and notch are shown for locking the parts C2 and C3 of the hinge, instead of two, as shown in the principal figures.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the main or permanent frame of the lounge; B, the folding section, and C C2 C3 the several portions of my improved leg. The main portion A, as shown, is of an ordinary construction, and its back extends to the full length, or whateverlength desired. The folding section B is hinged, as usual, to the front edge of the main or permanent section A. In its rear side, which forms the 'front edge of the 'bed when the lounge is unfolded, are formed grooves or recesses, and in these grooves or recesses are secured my improved legs. The legs consist, as stated, of three portions, C C2 C3. The first portion, C', is secured fast to the frame of the folding section B in the bottom of the groove or recess just/ described. The second portion, C2, is hinged to this first portion, and the third portion, C3, is hinged or pivoted in the other direction to said second portion. The hinge-connection between the first and second portions is any hinge which maybe desired. The ordinary form of hinge, connected by a pintle or pivot, c, is shown. The second and third portions of the leg are pivoted together by a pivot, c', so as to both be held in the same plane, the two iat surfaces of said portions resting together. having the beari ng ofthe third portion directly on the pivot, I preferably form an annular projection, c2, onthe second portionwhich extends through the slot in the third portion, (33,. and serves as' such bearing. The hole through the third portion is elongated, so as to have something of a movement over the pivot or bearing, as well as around it, and notches c3 c4 are provided in one portion, and corresponding projections, c5 c, upon the other, which interlock when the leg is swung down. Because of the slot just described these notches and-projections can be disengaged by pulling the swinging or third portion, C, out slightly when it is not in use as aleg, thus pulling said projections c5 c'5 out of said notches 0304, as will be readily understood, and when thus pulled out it can be swung around in line with the first and second portions, and then, by means of the hingeconnection between said first and second portions, the second and third portions may be swung into the groove or recess in the frame, and thus be entirely out of the way. In Fig. 7 I show the locking device as consisting of but one lug and notch, which vmay be used when preferred, as will be readily understood. By means of this double-hinged leg, therefore, and the groove or recess in the folding portion of the frame, I am enabled to obviate the diffi- Instead of eulties heretofore attendant upon the use of legs in this position.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I elaiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The Combination, with a bed-lounge, of a leg consisting of' a part firmly secured to said lounge, a part hinged thereto, and a part pivi oied to said hinged part, and arranged to turn down and rest upon the lloor, or up into line with the horizontal extension of Said hinged part, whereby said Several parts may be brought into a Substantial Straight line with each other when desired, substantially as Setforth.

2. In a bed-lounge, the combination of the part A, hinged part l, and the leg consisting ofthe part C', Secured to said part B of the lounge, the part C: hinged to Said part C', and the part C pivoted on Said part U, ihe pivot connecting them being mounted in a Slot in one of Said parts, and interlocking notches and lugs on said parts (Il C, for locking Said part C in vertical position, snhstantiallyas Shown and specified.

3. The combination, with the folding portion of a hed-lounge havinggrooves or recesses in its l'ralne, of a leg consisting of three portionS, one of which is lirmly Secured in said recess, a Second hinged to the iii-St and adapted to swing outwardly from Said frame-work. and the third hinged or pivoted to the second and adapted to Swing downwardly in a plane at right angles with the motion of the Second portion.

4. rlhe eomhinatiomin a leg for hed-lounges, of the part C', part G, hinged'to Said part C and forming an ordinaryhingetl1erewitli,:md the part C, pivoted to said part C on a horizontal pivot, one of said pivoted parts being slotted, and said pivot being mounted in said slot, whereby Said Slotted part is adapted to Slide as well as swing on said pivot, substantially as Set forth.

In witness whereof' l have hereunto set my hand and Seal, at lndianapolis, lndiana, this 27th day of April, A. l). 1881i.

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C. BRADFORD, CHARLES L. THUnninz. 

